Tell HN : Today's the deadline for applying to Y Combinator

[skbohra123]

Do click that submit button.

[citricsquid]

If the front page story yesterday is anything to by, wait a couple more hours.

[markkat]

Applied yesterday. I have a feeling that was a big day for submissions. Hope they get past our video. It was pretty ridiculous.

[ryangoins]

Applied about 2 weeks ago. Hoping the early application gave us some type of advantage ;) Good luck to all who applied!

[someone_here]

I'm thinking of making a business to deploy ubiquitous services with the help of collaborative wiki-tagging products. Or maybe generate Facebook-driven architectures using leading-edge ROI. Or maybe deploy frictionless services accurately via venture-backed cloud-funded models.

Do you think YC will like these ideas? ;)

[thetylerhayes → someone_here]

My brain just shifted paradigms without a clutch.

[bobf → someone_here]

Startup generator, nice.

[skbohra123]

any guess on number of applicants this years ?

[ultrasaurus → skbohra123]

I'm sure there are hundreds, but I really want to know how many are serious and what their motivations are.

I applied this cycle because I need to be somewhere where big ideas + execution are considered the norm rather than where I am now, where web apps seem like a thing to put on your resume to get work at a bland company writing Crystal Reports on business development ROI.

[pclark → ultrasaurus]

sounds like you should just move to the valley irrespective of yc.

[ultrasaurus → pclark]

I'm strongly considering it, it's a lot more difficult for a non-american though. If I was from Portland or Tuscon, I'd be there already.

[LogicHoleFlaw → pclark]

Think I could find that in say... Seattle? Who should I talk to then?

I'm not ready to pick up and move to the Valley. Yet.

[btilly → LogicHoleFlaw]

Amazon and Microsoft are headquartered near Seattle, and other well-known companies (eg Google) have offices in the area. Plus I am sure there are lots of smaller companies around.

[pclark → LogicHoleFlaw]

no, go to SF or stay where you are till you're ready to move to SF.

[dzlobin → skbohra123]

36 companies last batch rumored 3% acceptance rate = ~1200 applications?

[kapitalx → dzlobin]

probably majority of the 1200 applications submitted on the last 2 days.

[shawnzizzo]

Just submitted ours yesterday too...pretty pumped to hear more. Thanks for what you do!

[botolo86]

We applied yesterday and we are so excited! Go YCombinator!

[sunil137 → botolo86]

how do you save your current application? After I edit and submit, there is no link to save a local copy of the application.

[csytan → sunil137]

Just use your browser. File --> Save Page.